Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Benadryl Brownie
Season 3, Episode 2 · Aired 2002-09-22
Synopsis
Thanks to Larry's miscommunication on his new cell phone, Richard Lewis' girlfriend succumbs to peanut allergies a week before they're supposed to go to the Emmy Awards. A practicing Christian Scientist, she doesn't take any medicine, so Richard and Larry devise a scheme to cook up some brownies laced with medicine. Like all things Larry does, the plan backfires.
In the series
This episode is part of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024) on HBO.
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Key cast
- Larry David as Larry David
- Jeff Garlin as Jeff Greene
- Cheryl Hines as Cheryl David
- Susie Essman as Susie Greene
- J. B. Smoove as Leon Black